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THE 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 

UNION COUNTY 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

Incorporated March 1, 1921 




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THE 

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



UNION COUNTY 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



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' Incorporated' March 1. 1921 



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AN^ALMEETING 
Third Xuesiay of February 

REGULAR MEETINGS 

First Thursday of April, June, October 
and December 



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I CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 



^■~ The undersigned persons desiring to associate them- 

selves into a corporation pursuant to an act of the 
y Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An 
^"- act to incorporate associations not for pecuniary 
hr profit," approved April 21, 1898, do certify : 

I. That the name by which such corporation is to 
be known in law is Union County Historical 
Society. 

II. That the purpose for which it is fonned is to 
discover, collect, procure, preserve and protect objects 
associated with or relating to the political, military, 
ecclesiastical or literary history of Union County and 
the adjoining counties, and especially of all that part 
of the territory of this State which is within the limits 
of the ancient Elizabethtown grants, consessions, and 
patents ; to display such objects and make them acces- 
sible to the public in a suitable place or places and 
under proper conditions ; to make and maintain collec- 
tions of historical books, records and documents, and 
of all kinds of manuscripts and papers of historical 
value ; to reprint and publish rare historical books and 
printed papers ; to prepare manuscripts for publication 
and to publish the same ; and generally, to promote, 
encourage and stimulate hitorical research and the 
study of history. 

III. The corporation is to be located, and its 
principal business is to be conducted in the City of 
Elizabeth, in the County of Union, State of New 
Jersey. 

IV. The number of trustees shall be seventeen and 
the names of the trustees selected for the first year 
are: 



AuGSTus S. Cran^ Cavai^ier H. Jou^t 

Jamks C. ConnoIvIvY Charles A. Philhowejr 

Warrejn R. Dix Dorothy A. Pinnejg 

Me:i.vii.i.e; EglEston Mary N. Putnam 

Edward D. Frost Wiluam N. Runyon 

Charles A. Gkorge Emma I. Shda 

Edward J. Grassmann Euas D. Smith 
Frkde:rick C. Hyer Mary G. VanVranken 

Arthur L. Johnson 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set 
our hands and seals the twelfth day of January, 1921. 



Received in the Clerk's Office of the County of 
Union, N. J., on the 1st day of March A. D. 1921, at 
10 o'clock in the forenoon and recorded in Book 23 
of Incorporations for said County, on pages 36, etc. 

W. B. Martin, Clerk. 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 
Department of State. 

I, THOMAS F. MARTIN, Secretary of State of 
the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the 
foregoing is a true copy of the Certificate of Incor- 
poration of Union County Historical Society, and the 
endorsements thereon, as the same is taken from and 
compared with the original filed in my office on the 
second day of March A. D. 1921, and now remaining 
on file and of record therein. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed my 
official seal at Trenton, this second 
day of March A. D. 1921. 
Thos. F. Martin, Sec'y of State. 
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Union County Historical Society 



BY-LAWS 

ARTICI.E I. 

This organization shall be called the Union County 
Historical Society. 

ARTICI.E II. 

The objects of this Society shall be the collection 
and preservation of historical relics and data pertain- 
ing to the territory originally embraced by Elizabeth- 
town and the present Union County. 

ARTICLE III. 
Members 

This Society shall consist of active, honorary, and 
life members. Active members shall be persons resid- 
ing in the County of Union and adjoining counties. 
Only active members shall be entitled to vote and to 
hold office. Honorary members shall be such as shall 
be so elected by active membership of the Society. 
The names of persons proposed for honorary member- 
ship shall be made known at a regular meeting of the 
Society, at which time the proposer shall state the 
reasons for such election. The matter shall then lie 
over until the next regular meeting, when the candi- 
date may be elected. Life members may be elected 
on the payment of the life membership fee. 

ARTICLE IV. 
Officers 

The officers of the Society shall be a President; and 
four Vice-Presidents not exceeding two from any 

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municipality in the County of Union ; a Corresponding 
Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, all 
of whom shall be elected annually by ballot, and the 
President and four Vice-Presidents shall be elected 
from the Board of Trustees. The officers shall have 
the powers and shall perform the duties usually per- 
taining to their respective offices in similar societies. 

ARTICLE V. 
Management — Trustees 

The management of the business and affairs of the 
Society shall be vested in a board of seventeen Trus- 
tees, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting each year, no two of which shall be from the 
same municipality, provided two may be from Eliza- 
beth. Vavancies occurring in the board during the 
year shall be filled by the Trustees. 

ARTICLE VI. 
Committees 

Standing Committees shall consist of five active 
members who shall be chosen by the Trustees and 
shall serve until the next annual meeting. Such com,- 
mittees shall be as follows : 

1. Membership Committee. 

2. Finance Committee. 

o. Building and Grounds. 

4. Library Committee. (Books, manuscript, maps, 
etc.) 

5. Historical Relics. 

6. Historical Sites Committee. 

7. Publications. 

8. Publicity. 

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ARTICLE VII. 

Meetings 

The Annual Meeting shall be held on the third 
Thursday of February, and regular meetings shall also 
be held on the first Thursday in April, June, October 
and December. Special meetings may be called by the 
President, and at the written request of ten members. 
At all meetings twelve members shall constitute a 
quorum. Meetings shall be held at such place and at 
such hours as the trustees shall determine. 

ARTICLE VIII. 
Dues 

Active members shall pay five dollars annually as 
dues. Upon the payment of $100 any member may be 
elected a life member, and shall thereupon become 
exempt from the payment of annual dues. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Amendments 

The By-Laws may be altered or amended by an 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present 
at any regular meeting of the Society, provided that 
notice of the proposed alteration or amendment shall 
have been given at a previous regular meeting; such 
notice to be included in the notice of the meeting at 
which the proposed alteration or amendment is to be 
voted on. 



Officers of the Union County Historical Society 

1921-1922 

CiiARLKs A. Philhowe;r, President 
WarrKn R. Dix, First Vice-President 
Arthur L. Johnson, Second Vice-President 
Cavalier JouET, Third Vice-President 
Vacancy Fourth Vice-President 

James C. Connolly, Secy, and Cor. Secy. 
Edward D. Frost, Treasurer 



Board of Trustees 

The names of the members of the Board of Trus- 
tees, for the year 1921-1922, are set forth in the 
articles of incorporation. (For election of members 
thereafter see Article V. of the By-I^aws.) 



COMMITTEES 
Membership Committee 

James C. Connolly, Chairman 
Augustus S. Crane 
Warren R. Dix 
Dorothy A. Pinneo 
Fannie Lawrence Steelman 
Benjamin F. MidglEy 
Louis J. Richards 
Edith B. Denman 
Cavalier H. Jouet 
J. Madison Hare 

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Financial Committee 



Building and Grounds Committee 



Historical Data Committee 

Charleys A. PhiIvHowe^r, Chairman 

Warrkn a. Dix 

Augustus S. Cran^ 

Jamks C. Connolly 

Anna Crouthe:rs 

Dorothy A. Pinne:o 



Historical Sites Committee 

Jame:s C. Connolly, Chairman 
Charles A. Philhowe^r 
Arthur L. Johnson 



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Library Committee 

Charle;s a. George, Chairman 
Dorothy A. Pinneo 
Arthur L. Johnson 



Historic Relics Committee 

Arthur h. Johnson, Chairman 
Edward D. Frost 
Louis J. Richards 



Publication Committee 



Publicity Committee 



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List of Members and Founders 

of the 
Union County Historical Society 



Adams, E. K Cranford, N. J. 

Alward, Mary E Elizabeth, N. J. 

Bailey, Minnie J. W Elizabeth, N. J. 

Beatty, Katherine V Elizabeth, N. J. 

Bradbeer, Wm. West Cranford, N. J. 

Brewer, Harry F Elizabeth, N. J. 

Buck, Sophia C Ehzabeth, N. J. 

Buck, George H Elizabeth, N. J. 

Buchanan, John R Union, Union County, N. J. 

Clark, Salton Storrs Westfield, N. J. 

Coleman, C. Clarence Elizabeth, N. J. 

Colt, Stockton B Elizabeth, N. J. 

Connolly, James C Elizabeth, N. J. 

Crane, Augustus S Elizabeth, N. J. 

Crane, Samuel C Elizabeth, N. J. 

Crane, Moses M Elizabeth, N. J, 

Crane, Charles W Elizabeth, N. J. 

Crouthers, Anna J Elizabeth, N. J. 

Codding, Charles N Westfield, N. J. 

delvaismes, Hippolite A Elizabeth, N. J. 

deRaismes, Raoul H Elizabeth, N. J. 

Dix, Warren R Elizabeth, N. J. 

Denman, Edith B Cranford, N. J. 

Dougherty, Searle B Cranford, N. J. 

Egleston, Melville Elizabeth, N. J. 

Frost, Edward D Springfield, N. J. 

George, Charles A Elizabeth, N. J. 

Grassman, Edward J Elizabeth, N. J. 

Gulick, Josephine L Elizabeth, N. J. 

Hare, J. Madison Scotch Plains, N. J. 

Hague, Joseph T Elizabeth, N. J. 

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Halsey, C. H. K Elizabeth, N. J. 

Hetfield, Emily h Elizabeth, N. J. 

Johnson, Arthur L, Cranford, N. J. 

Jouet, Cavalier H Roselle, N. J. 

Jaeger, Mrs. H. A Lyons Farms, N. J. 

Kean, Julian H Ursino, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Kiggins, C. Symmes Elizabeth, N. J. 

Kline, Ambrose Union, Union Co., N. J. 

Lewis, Russell W Elizabeth, N. J. 

Ivittell ^M.^...Z^.^. Scotch Plains, N. J. 

Midgley, Carrie Adelaide Elizabeth, N. J. 

MacMaster, James Elizabeth, N. J. 

Midgley, B. F Elizabeth, N. J. 

Mohr, Edward P Elizabeth, N. J. 

Mitchell, Charles Union, N. J. 

Nugent, Edward Elizabeth, N. J. 

Pearsall, Leigh M Westfield, N. J. 

Philhower, Charles A Westfield, N. J. 

Pierson, Arthur N Westfield, N. J. 

Pinneo, Dorothy A Elizabeth, N. J. | 

Pope, Ralph W Elizabeth, N. J. 

Putnam, Mary W Elizabeth, N. J. 

Richards, Louis J Elizabeth, N. J. 

Shea, Emma Isabel Elizabeth, N. J. 

Smith, Elias D Elizabeth, N. J. 

Stone, G. Dwight Elizabeth, N. J. 

Squier, Harriet M Rahway, N. J. 

Steelman, Fannie Lawrence Elizabeth, N. J. 

Still, Benjamin F Ehzabeth, N. J. 

Thomas, James P Elizabeth, N. J. 

Tuttle, William E : Westfield, N. J. 

YaiiViankui, Mm^ € Elizabeth, N. J.'^^^^ y^ 

Voorhees, Foster M Elizabeth, N. J. ^ 

Walton, Edward V Roselle, N. J. 

Webster, A. L Roselle, N. J. 

White, Mary O Summit, N. J. 

Honorary Member 
Wilson, Richard T Englewood, N. J. 



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